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Dr. Roman von Ah

Withdrawing capital on retirement is a capital mistake – supplementary benefits will increase

Our balanced forced savings system is designed to provide financial security in old age. 1st pillar: AHV pay-as-you-go system, 2nd pillar: BVG funded system and voluntary payments into the 3rd pillar. Examples from abroad – 401K plans in the USA, surrounding countries – show insufficient voluntary pension savings and/or the overburdening of states with the financing of the pay-as-you-go system.

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Dr. Roman von Ah

«Vendre au son du clairon, acheter au son du canon»

Two major issues are preoccupying the stock markets: On the one hand, Russia's current threatening gestures towards Ukraine are rightly worrying market participants on the global capital markets. And on the other hand, the markets - after an excellent year for equities in 2021 - have reacted nervously to higher inflation rates and & interest rate fears in 2022 to date, correcting by over 10%.

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Dr. Roman von Ah

T-shirt economy and trade tariffs

Some may wonder about the tit-for-tat in the trade conflict instigated by the U.S. president. Is a trade war really threatening and have the stock exchanges corrected downward by 8% compared to the previous high for the year because of this?

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